From time to time I get creative and make electronic music which could be described as Trance, Psychedelic, Progressive or various other words. Some of it's pretty good. Some of it isn't. I've tried to be honest in my descriptions:\n\n|>| !Newer stuff ~ 2004 |\n|RockSolo | Melodic psy-trance |\n|CryBaby | Old School Goa-style trance |\n|ChakChak | Progressive Trance |\n|>|Experimental |\n|[[Epithelium]] | rising canon. psy-trance |\n\nThe newer stuff was done on a dual-processor Opteron workstation with Windows XP and Cubase ~SX2.0 using a Yamaha ~CS1x as the controller keyboard, All sounds or effects are VST instruments within Cubase.\n\n\n|>| !Older stuff ~ 1997 |\n| [[Track1]]| Nice ~TB-303! |\n| [[Track2]]| Clangy! |\n| [[Track3]]| Another repetitive experiment |\n\n\nAll the older stuff is done using Cubase VST 3.1 on a ~PowerMac 8500, A Yamaha ~CS1x, Roland ~MC-303 (as a patch bank) and a Zoom 9001 guitar effects processor. All sound is played by Cubase via the synths, recorded, and in many cases manipulated afterwards.\n

I am an Audiophile. To me, that means I am quite finnicky about sound quality, and as some have said, Yes... I do spend a fair amount of time listening to my audio setup, rather than listening to the music.\n\nThat said, I reached the point on my own curve of diminishing returns with my current setup where I am happy with the sound. Or at least happy enough not to want to change it or spend more money on it.\n\nAlso, and this is important, I don't believe in any audio 'tweak' that I can't hear blind. This means no $5000 cables, no 'tuning dots', no red markers, no 'quantum purifiers' or other snake-oil. I'm not even particularly finnicky about the transport, as most mid-to-high range transports have very low error rates these days, and in any case most of my playing is done over my home network.\n\nI have two systems. One is the ''living-room system'' consisting of:\n\n[[Denon AVC-A1SR|http://www.homecinemachoice.com/reviews/hccreviews/Amplifiers/Denon/DenonAVC-A1SR.php]] A/V Amplifier.\n2x [[Gallo Nucleus Solo|http://www.audiophilia.com/hardware/gallons.htm]] speakers.\n2x [[Gallo Due speakers|http://www.anthonygallo.co.uk/due/due.php]] (surrounds)\n1x [[Gallo MPS150 subwoofer|http://www.anthonygallo.co.uk/subs/mps-150-subwoofer.php]]\nSome big fat cables\nA variety of digital sources.\n\n\nThe other is my ''hobby room system'' consisting of:\n\n[[Audiophile 24/96|http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/Audiophile2496-main.html]] sound card\n[[Benchmark DAC-1|http://www.benchmarkmedia.com/dac1/]] Digital to Analogue converter\n[[Decware Zen Triode SE34I|http://www.decware.com/integrated/zint.htm]] Integrated valve amp.\n2x [[Gallo Nucleus Reference II|http://cgi.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/srch_fs.pl?gallo]] speakers\n\n\n

I made this in December 2004 after listening to [[Axis Flip - Man With No Name|http://saikosounds.com/english/display_release.asp?id=3510]]. I was intrigued by the relative simplicity but perfect structure in that tune which tends to get everyone going bonkers on the dance floor without seeming to try too hard. I don't claim to be anywhere near the capability of Martin Freeland a.k.a MWNN, but I was pleasantly surprised at the results. People who don't like Goa tend to prefer this one, it's relatively easy listening.\n\n ''[[Link to ChakChak - mp3|http://lindsey.jp/audio/chakchak.mp3]]''\n\nClick to open, right-click to download and save, or drag-drop to Winamp or your favourite mp3 player software.

This was done in January 2005. The idea was to recreate the old Goa rasping sawtooth and get a good keyboard solo feel to it. This track got a great reception when I released it, but with the overwhelming prevalence of the comment "Great, just 7 years too late"\n\n ''[[Link to CryBaby mp3|http://lindsey.jp/audio/crybabyx.mp3]]''\n\nClick to open, right-click to download and save, or drag-drop to Winamp or your favourite mp3 player software.

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This was my last attempt at knocking something together in Spring 2005, then I got caught up in the summer and ended up getting a job.\n\nThe premise was to make a rising [[canon|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_%28music%29]]. I got the idea after reading [[Godel, Escher and Bach|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del,_Escher,_Bach]], a book by [[Douglas Hofstadter|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Hofstadter]]. Geeky, I know. The music is very repetitive and unpolished. Many people find it quite painful to listen to, but I have gotten away with playing it for up to 2 minutes as part of a psy-trance set.\n\n ''[[Link to the mp3|http://lindsey.jp/audio/chakchak.mp3]]''\n\nClick to open, right-click to download and save, or drag-drop to Winamp or your favourite mp3 player software.

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Whilst at University I learned to juggle 3 balls, and a couple of tricks. Then in 2003 my neigbour Marcello was juggling on the street outside our house, prompting me to start practicing and take it up a bit more enthusiastically.\n\nI can of course juggle 3 balls with a few different tricks, I can do a 4 ball fountain, 4 ball half-shower, and a 4 ball cascade (actually a 5 ball pattern with a ball missing)\n\nI'm trying to juggle 5 balls, but it's been over a year and I still can't get past the magic 15-catch limit, although I tend to get 11-15 catch runs much more often these days, so I'm still hopeful.\n\nI can juggle 3 clubs and a number of tricks, which I may get round to documenting at some point.\n\nI can also do a little bit of contact juggling, Most of the contact juggling I see on the web is either pure performance (nice to look at) or incredibly difficult.\n\nI used to be able to ride a unicycle. Maybe I'll get round to buying one at some point :)\n\n\n

Peter was born and raised in a small town in South Yorkshire, right through the time of Thatcher and the mining strikes. He enjoyed going to school, even if homework was never his priority, and somehow did well enough to go to a decent university.\n\nHe started playing guitar at the age of 7. \n\nHe obtained a scolarship and sponsorship from [[GCHQ|http://www.gchq.gov.uk/]] to [[UMIST|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMIST]] where, true to form, he did just enough work to be begrudgingly granted an [[IEEE|http://www.ieee.org/portal/site]] accredited [[BEng(hons)|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BEng]] in Software Engineering.\n\nExtracurricular activities were always numerous, including a bit of juggling, playing guitar, a brief attempt at hang-gliding, and participation in various societies.\n\nHe didn't bother sticking around for the [[MEng|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MEng]], which seemed like far too much work, so he upped and offed to Japan, where he thought he'd be able to absorb the local language, with the hope that it may prove useful in his future career.\n\nHe was right. He bombarded the financial industry with his CV until they finally let him have a job, and it was all uphill from there.\n\nPeter diverted his musical talent from guitar playing to making electronic [[Audio]], and later started [[Juggling]] a little more enthusiastically. He considers himself an [[Audiophile]], and has been interested from time to time in geeky related things such as [[SignalTheory]]. He spent a number of years getting increasingly interested in [[Photography]] before realising that his camera bag was now too heavy to take to all but the most special occasions.\n\nPeter speaks Japanese fluently, and is not at all bad at reading/writing. He enjoys long walks on the beach, "loves to laugh" and detests people who write about themselves in the third person.\n\n\n

[<img[TC1 picture|http://lindsey.jp/images/tc1.jpg]]I had a Zenit 12 SLR as a boy, and learned a little about the technicals of photography at this time, although for me film was a little expensive so I didn't really get much use out of it.\n\nI got interested again in the 90s, when I used to loan Minolta SLR cameras. I bought a [[Minolta TC-1|http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/index-frameset.html?MinoltaTC1.html~mainFrame]] as an excellent quality compact camera, which gave me years of great service. \n\nLater I invested in a Canon EOS3, and started to accumulate lenses and various kit. Next came a Canon D30 digital SLR, followed a couple of years later by a Canon EOS 1Ds. I now have a big bag of stuff which is far too heavy to just pick up and take out wherever I go.\n\nI did, however, manage to take very many [[Photos]], a lot of which are on display on this site.\n\n\n

[<img[Ayers Rock / Uluru|http://lindsey.jp/images/thumbnails/rock.jpg][http://lindsey.jp/images/rock.jpg]]I took this one whilst on our honeymoon trip to Australia. 17mm on the EOS3, the rainbow didn't last very long.\n\n\n\n\n[>img[A surfer in Bali|http://lindsey.jp/images/thumbnails/flysurfer3.jpg][http://lindsey.jp/images/flysurfer3.jpg]]Here's one I took of a surfer practicing on the waves of Kuta Beach in Bali.\n\n\n\n\n[<img[Place San Ferdinand Picture|http://lindsey.jp/images/thumbnails/ferdinand_small.jpg][http://lindsey.jp/images/ferdinand_small.jpg]]Here's a pic I took from my balcony on a cold december morning whilst living in Paris.\n\n\n\n\n[>img[Rainbow in Paris|http://lindsey.jp/images/thumbnails/rb.jpg][http://lindsey.jp/images/rb.jpg]]Another rainbow opportunity, this time over the same place in Paris as the photo above.\n\n\n\n\n[<img[All downhill from here|http://lindsey.jp/spain2002/thumbnails/IMG_6925x.jpg][http://lindsey.jp/spain2002/IMG_6925x.jpg]]Here is the inside of a conch shell. Oh alright not really, it's a staircase inside the Sagrada de Familia in Barcelona.\n\n\n\n\n[>img[Waves on the beach|http://lindsey.jp/vegas/thumbnails/zhawaii22.jpg][http://lindsey.jp/vegas/zhawaii22.jpg]]A moody pic of some waves at Pupukea Beach Park in Hawaii.\n\n\n\n\n[<img[The Olgars|http://lindsey.jp/images/thumbnails/olgars1.jpg][http://lindsey.jp/images/olgars1.jpg]]This is a real photo, I know it looks like a cartoon or something but it's real. This is a view of the Olgars which are quite close to Ayers rock in Australia.\n\n\n\n\nI have a load of photo pages are outside of this blog page, so here are links to all of them:\n\n\n[[LucyHana's newborn pics|http://lindseyjp/surprise/]] When Lucy was born\n[[LucyHana's gallery|http://lindsey.jp/gallery2/]] A gallery of pics for my daughter LucyHana\n\n[[Bali|http://lindsey.jp/bali/]]\n[[Olympics, Sydney|http://lindsey.jp/olympics/]]\n[[Vegas, Grand Canyon and Hawaii 2000|http://lindsey.jp/vegas/]]\n[[SG BT Seminar|http://lindsey.jp/btseminar]] Another business trip!\n[[New Year 2000/2001|http://lindsey.jp/newyear/]]\n[[Mum's Wedding|http://lindsey.jp/wedding/]] Login is mum's first name, Password is her new last name.\n[[Cebu Island|http://lindsey.jp/cebu]] A huge offsite jaunt with the company for making so much money the previous year. Woohoo.\n[[Japan springtime 2001|http://lindsey.jp/haru]]\n[[Hawaii 2001|http://lindsey.jp/hawaii2001]] I just can't keep away from the place.\n[[Muffin the dog|http://lindsey.jp/muffin/]] Our (sanae's) dog muffin. Aww.\n[[Thai Food Festival|http://lindsey.jp/thepark/]] September 2000.\n[[Sanae in the sun|http://lindsey.jp/sanaesun/]] One of my wife's early modelling attempts. Sexay!\n[[Yen Bar, Shibuya|http://lindsey.jp/yenbar/]] I just happened to have my camera on a night out in this cool bar in Shibuya back in 2001.\n[[Shibuya again|http://lindsey.jp/shibuya/]] Just a walk around town.\n[[Sandy's visit|http://lindsey.jp/sandyvisit]] My sister came to visit with her friend, Sarah.\n[[Barcelona 2001|http://lindsey.jp/barcelona/]] I spent all day taking photos here! Some nice ones.\n[[Australia 2002|http://lindsey.jp/australia/]] This was our 'honeymoon' trip. Covering the Gold Coast, Uluru, Cairns, Barrer Reef and Hamilton Island. Lots of great photos here.\n[[Spain 2002|http://lindsey.jp/spain2002/]] Just a holiday in Barcelona and Cadaques\n[[Firenze and Pisa|http://lindsey.jp/italia/]] Yet another holiday weekend!\n[[Tokyo with 1Ds|http://lindsey.jp/Tokyo1ds/]] Just a walk round town with my new camera.\n[[Hajime and Ken's birthday|http://lindsey.jp/hajimeken/]] December 2002.\n\n''[[Fark|http://www.fark.com/]] related stuff: ''\n\n[[London Fark Party 2002|http://lindsey.jp/londonfark/]] \n[[Tokyo Fark Party 2003|http://lindsey.jp/tokyofark/]] \n[[David Blaine|http://lindsey.jp/david/]] David Blaine zapped by [[Fark|http://www.fark.com/]] lasers.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The theme for this was the long and heady solos of the old 70s glam-rock era, pinned down with a monotonous bass. I wanted to get something really melodic that just kept going. It worked pretty well, this track tends to get a good reception on the dance floor.\n\n ''[[Link to RockSolo - mp3|http://lindsey.jp/audio/rocksolofark.mp3]]''\n\nClick to open, right-click to download and save, or drag-drop to Winamp or your favourite mp3 player software.

I have spent many hours discussing with Audiophiles the merits and demerits of CD audio over vinyl. A common argument heard against CDs is that the sample rate causes increasing distortion to the original sound wave as the frequency approaches the [[nyquist frequency|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyquist_frequency]] i.e. half the sample rate, which is the theoretical maximum (non-inclusive).\n\nThis is indeed true, but the only 'distortion' is that higher frequency components are filtered out. The higher frequency components being the ones you can't hear anyway.\n\nIt is a common misconception that to sample a sound, for example a sine wave, at close to the nyquist frequency, the recorded sound will exhibit 'beating', i.e. get louder and quieter as the sampled points move from being the top of the original wave to the middle, where the value would be around zero.\n\nIt is true that the list of sampled data will show values which vary from loud to quiet and vice versa, in waves, which is intuitive.\n\nWhat is not intuitive, and takes a bit of signal theory to understand, is that the reconstruction of the original wave from the samples given is not done simply by drawing a line from sample to sample, but by taking a number of samples before and after each point, and adding the [[sinc function|http://mathworld.wolfram.com/SincFunction.html]] for each sample together to recreate the total wave. \n\nWhat happens when you do this, is that even a sample list which appears to 'beat' due to the varying amplitude of samples, will be reconstructed to show the original sine wave at unvarying amplitude!\n\nI knocked together a quick [[Mathematica|http://www.wolfram.com/]] page on the [[sample theorem|http://lindsey.jp/samplingtheorem/]] to demonstrate this. In my example, the reconstructed wave is not //exactly// the sampled one, but that's because of the low number of samples I used to reconstruct it. A good DAC will use many more than my example.\n\n

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This is my firstest everest track. Banged out in September 1997 barely a week after buying my ~PowerMac and first synth, the Yamaha ~CS1x. It's well layered with lots of melodies, the structure the only thing letting it down.\n\n''[[Link to Track1 - mp3|http://lindsey.jp/audio/track1.mp3]]''\n\nAs with all the older tracks, the sound quality is pretty poor on this one. \n\nClick to open, right-click to download and save, or drag-drop to Winamp or your favourite mp3 player software.

The bells! The bells!\n\nI used a good old nasty sawtooth for the main melody and structured the song fairly well. Friends of mine don't seem to like the bells much. Heh. The tune is pretty good, though.\n\n ''[[Link to Track2 - mp3|http://lindsey.jp/audio/track2.mp3]]''\n\nAs with all the older tracks, the sound quality is pretty poor on this one. Though it's relatively well produced considering (I mean it was 1997 and all I had was a ~PowerMac 8500 with Cubase VST 3.1). \n\nClick to open, right-click to download and save, or drag-drop to Winamp or your favourite mp3 player software.

This was a decent attempt at something fast and furious, making good use of a good solo melody, repeated and modulated to decent effect. It's very abrasive, though, I don't think I could get away with playing this at a club without some serious reengineering. It sounded better in the early stages but I messed with it too much, and in the old days I didn't have disk space to do this non-distructively.\n\n ''[[Link to Track3 - mp3|http://lindsey.jp/audio/track3.mp3]]''\n\nAs with all the older tracks, the sound quality is pretty poor on this one.\n\nClick to open, right-click to download and save, or drag-drop to Winamp or your favourite mp3 player software.

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